Celebrate World Heart Day: Teach Students About Disease Prevention With Free Nutrition Education
- Maddison Chaffin
- Sep 17
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 23
World Heart Day (September 29th) is the perfect opportunity to inspire students to see the connection between the foods they eat and their wellbeing. Our free educational resources make it easy for teachers to bring this conversation into the classroom through engaging videos, lessons, and guided discussions.
Empower Your Classroom with Free Educational Resources To Celebrate World Heart Day
To support teachers in this mission, we offer free educational resources designed to make discussions about food, nutrition, and disease prevention both engaging and informative. Our materials include:
Animated Videos: Visual content that illustrates the impact of food choices on personal and public health.
Interactive Lessons: Comprehensive lesson plans that encourage critical thinking and promote practical everyday actions.
Guided Discussions: Thought-provoking questions and activities that spark conversation among students and help them remember nutrition facts.
Celebrate World Heart Day With These Free Recommended Resources
To celebrate World Heart Day, we suggest the following options from our e-library, both approved by Doctors For Nutrition:
Empower younger learners to build vibrant, healthy meals! This education introduces the basics of healthy nutrition and its importance to our health.
“Heart Smart" was co-created with Doctors For Nutrition and explores the leading cause of death worldwide: cardiovascular disease. This short video provides a thorough examination of the types of cardiovascular disease, their causes, and contributing factors, before offering simple actions that can help prevent or even treat the condition in a way that is both fun and informative for ages 12+.
Why Focus on Food Choices?
By understanding the relationship between food and health, students can:
Gain awareness of how nutrition affects their energy, focus, and overall well-being both now and in the future
Learn how everyday choices can reduce risks for chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes
Practice healthy habits such as balancing meals, staying hydrated, and making mindful snack decisions
Ready to engage your students with these lesson plans? You can create a free account to get immediate access to these lessons and more in our full e-library!
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